Contraception planning for women with heart disease
New research points out that pregnancy and cardiovascular disease are risky for each other.
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Cardiologists need to address the risk of pregnancy appropriately with women of child-bearing age, and encourage contraception planning for women with heart disease, according to a paper published in the
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Pregnancy can create further health problems for people with cardiovascular disease, leading to an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Some medications used to treat cardiovascular disease can also be harmful to foetuses. This means that women with cardiovascular disease should discuss reproductive planning with their cardiologists, but it’s not currently known how frequently this happens.